TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1577, 9 December 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(PER JNITKD PRKSS ASSOCIATION ) Auckland, Tuts lay. Graham Tawliiuo, sou of Mohia Tawlii.io. M.H..U. is <!ead. He was studying law iU M ssrs WhittaJccr ;mrl Rnss.-U's, iti or-icr U< hi- of h.'Di iil to I. is p-.-oplu m protecting their lauds and defending tlii-^r claims before the Native Lauds Cu<urt. TiMAur, Tuesday. Government have advised the Acme Bus-W Wire ' 'Factory, Timaru, that its tinder has been accepted for the railways throughout th« Colony. Christcuuroh. Tuesday. At a meeting of the Railway League held to-d.iy it was resolved to appoint a paid secretary, who is to devote much of his time to canvassing and actively promoting the ol>j-cts of the League, uixl it was ugread to urge ou Government the necessity of placing before Parliament next session a scheme for the immediate construction of the mam ! trunk linos of the Colony, including the Enst and West Coast and Nelson .Railway. A man named Thomas Bonis was drowned while crossing the Wilberforce River on Saturday. His body was recovered, and brought to Coalgate to-day. He leaves a wife and eight children. The City Council to-night accepted tho defti^n of Mr S. H. Seager for new municipal offices, to be erected at a cost of £5000. Donedin, Tuesday. The Bootmakers' Society purpose forming a co-oporative manufacturing company. ■ 13y a slip at the quarry m the NorthEast Valley two men were nearly buried. Ono named Morrison was found seriously injured when rescued. Napier. Tuesday In the totalisator case, Cotrell v. Douse of Duuedin, the R.M. gave judgement for plaiutilf for £100 and costs £2 ss, witnesses expenses £2 15s, solicitor's f vu £3 3s ; and plaintiff's expense at Dunedin k'H 3s. In giving judgment, the R.M. said defendant know before the transaction was completed that the instruments wave not as represented, and that they woro useless for the puryose for wiiioli they wvr«; intended.